We know that Georgia will face Japan, and 2 teams from Fiji Samoa and Tonga.Japan will host Georgia and is supposed to host Italy (1 time or 2 times?)Canada and USA will both host Scotland and looks to have 2 free fixtures to host Tier2 nations Same for Pacific teams (maybe 1 or 2 of these teams will host Italy?)Any news about Romania?

Apparently Germany was planned to play both Canada and the USA away, but the plan was cancelled because of our Union vs. Sponsor brawl.

How to grow rugby worldwide?Look at the world ranking in July. Teams ranked 1-10 have to play one team from 11-20 (they don't play in a regular competition) away the next year. 11-20 play 21-30 away and so on. Yes, it really is that simple.

carbonero wrote:Samoa has to play the Europe /Oceania play-off in June. The last Argentina game is against Scotland

Exactly, I imagine that for Samoa and REC sides bar Georgia everything should depend on the outcome of RWC qualifiers, since the play-off is scheduled for June. They may have initial plans but nothing can be confirmed before we know who Europe 1 and Europe 2 will be. I can even imagine a scenario where Nations Cup reserves a spot for the losing side of the European play-off versus Portugal.

STMKY wrote:Is there news about the date of the playoff play 2 team against Portugal? Wikipedia is on May 12, but on May 12, the final of the Continental Shield.

Rugby Europe PDF says April/May 2018, but Spanish Rugby Unions says May 13. I imagine host nation can adapt it and that weekend is the last one available (the folllowing one Portugal may have the REC promotion play-off and then it's too tight for the play-off against Samoa).

STMKY wrote:Is there news about the date of the playoff play 2 team against Portugal? Wikipedia is on May 12, but on May 12, the final of the Continental Shield.

Rugby Europe PDF says April/May 2018, but Spanish Rugby Unions says May 13. I imagine host nation can adapt it and that weekend is the last one available (the folllowing one Portugal may have the REC promotion play-off and then it's too tight for the play-off against Samoa).

Enisei or Krasny Yar will play in Bilbao on May 12. If Russia takes the 2nd place, the players of the Russian national team (from Enisei or Krasny Yar) will not be able to physically play two games at the same time.

Canalina wrote:Side question: do you know the dates of the JRWC 2018?I've read that it will be in Rosario, Argentina, and that it has been moved forward to august-september, but I don't know the exact dates

We know that Georgia will face Japan, and 2 teams from Fiji Samoa and Tonga.Japan will host Georgia and is supposed to host Italy (1 time or 2 times?)Canada and USA will both host Scotland and looks to have 2 free fixtures to host Tier2 nations Same for Pacific teams (maybe 1 or 2 of these teams will host Italy?)Any news about Romania?

The U.R.U. president confirmed that Uruguay will host the Nations Cup again next year. They also want to play an additional test in June against a Tier 2 side.

In the case of Uruguay XV, the Americas Pacific Challenge comes back in 2018. They are trying to boost up the schedule for their second squad. He talked about participating in a tournament in Hong Kong. No idea which tournament. I don’t think it’s the “Cup of Nations”.